On Monday in Sihan – the administrative center of the Chinese province of Shaanxi – 175 new cases of COVID-19 infection related to the category of internal and not imported from abroad were identified, the State Committee for Health of the PRC.
The spread of infection within the city is not yet possible to restrain, despite the rigid restrictive measures taken by the authorities. So, all domestic flights from Xiane are canceled, the movement of trains and intercity vehicles is limited. All mass events are prohibited, the authorities demand from residents not to leave at home, with the exception of urgent cases. Attending stores to purchase products and essential products are allowed only to one person in the family once every two days, Interfax reports.
The Central Commission for Checking the discipline reported that 26 officials in Si’an were brought to justice for the poor work in the field of prevention and control of COVID-19.
has not yet been reported to which strain of the virus is revealed in XIAN. It is known about the identification of the seven cases of infection by the Emikron strain. Monday, as the Chinese State Committee told, 209 new cases of coronavirus were registered in the country: 27 countries imported from abroad and 182, of which 180 were in Shaanxi province. The Chinese authorities are concerned about the spread of infection within the country due to the approaching winter Olympic Games in Beijing, which should be held from 4 to 20 February 2022.